Subscribe in a readerSome Highs… and Some Lows
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Since my last contact I have both shot 101 again and 110 the next day! Both rounds had one thing in common, penalty shots. My Driver has been as inconsistent as the day I started. Every round is the same, I will hit one nice driver 250 yards down the fairway and the rest will be an even amount of dead pulls left and amazing banana slices. Neither of the latter make finding a ball to hit your second shot very easy. Especially when you are playing along the water on the back side of Timberpoint and every hole you dead yank it into the ocean making up the lateral hazard.
The rest of my game has really been coming along nicely. My putting is really starting to get together and even better my chipping and pitching are way better than I thought they would be at this stage. My appraoch shots haven’t been as good but aren’t terrible. The only things that made playing no fun was knowing that I was playing three from the tee and most holes.
That problem was hopefully resolved after my lesson yesterday when I began hitting a nice draw down the middle for the first time. I can’t wait to see how it looks on the course. In theory I have been shooting 101 with like 4 penalty strokes per round, sometimes more. So I should be well into the 90’s If I can eliminate those driver errors. I’ll report back after the weekend, hopefully with some good news.
On Saturday the 16th I shot 101 and had a 30 foot putt to break 100. The first legitimate chance to reach my first goal of the season. I was playing Timber Point and on the 18th I had a 70 yard pitch to get it close for stroke 99. I hit my PW well and pin high but was off to the right about 30 feet. I got it close but missed the putt for 100 and had to settly for 101. Putting killed me on the back 9 with 21 putts there versus my 16 on the front. The back 9 is much harder thant he front on that course but I still feel a little dejected and as usual I can look back and see every stroke that could have gotten me there.